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Metaketa IV: Community Policing

Metaketa IV: Community Policing

Metaketa IV Project Locations

Can community policing be used effectively by new and reconstituted police forces in contexts in which the legitimacy of the state is challenged? The Community Policing Metaketa round seeks to answer this question by coordinating six research projects in diverse contexts that assess whether an informal model of police-community interaction changes the level of trust in the police, levels of observed cooperation, and rates of crime.

This Metaketa round was launched in Spring 2016 and will run until Spring 2020. This round awarded five projects—one each in Brazil, Colombia, Liberia, Pakistan, and Uganda—ranging in funding from $150,000 to $250,000 provided by the UK's Department for International Development. A sixth project—in the Philippines—was awarded funding from an alternative source. All of the projects use common interventions to implement a community policing program consisting of two components: (1) a community engagement program to solicit information on community problems from citizens and transmit information about police programs to citizens; and (2) a problem- oriented policing program, in which police address problems identified through community engagement programs directly with small, dedicated budgets and/or indirectly with the assistance of other public and private agencies. In addition, each project will involve at least one complementary intervention.

For additional information about the Metaketa Initiative, contact Jaclyn Leaver (EGAP Director of Research) at jleaver@berkeley.edu.

The Metaketa IV: Community Policing round has awarded six grants to innovative experimental research projects that seek to assess the effects of community policing programs to build citizen trust in and improve the effectiveness of police services. All of the projects use common interventions to implement a community policing program consisting of two components: (1) a community engagement program to solicit information on community problems from citizens and transmit information about police programs to citizens; and (2) a problem-oriented policing program, in which police address problems identified through community engagement programs directly with small, dedicated budgets and/or indirectly with the assistance of other public and private agencies. In addition, each project will involve at least one complementary intervention.

The UK’s Department for International Development provided funding for five of the awards. An anonymous donor provided funding for the sixth award – the Philippines project. All projects range from $150,000 to $250,000 and will collaborate closely, in conjunction with the EGAP Metaketa IV: Community Policing steering committee, with the goal of maximizing the consistency of designs, interventions, and outcome measurement across studies.

Congratulations to the Metaketa IV: Community Policing award recipients!

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

The Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) network is soliciting proposals for field experiments that seek to assess the effects of community policing programs to build citizen trust in and improve the effectiveness of police services. This Metaketa round is funded by the UK's Department for International Development and invites studies that address the central question of how to build trusted and effective police services in contexts where the legitimacy of the state is challenged with two or more experimental treatment conditions. A common arm, to be rolled out in a consistent manner by all supported projects, should implement a community policing program consisting of two components: (1) a community engagement program to solicit information on community problems from citizens and transmit information about police programs to citizens; and (2) a problem-oriented policing program, in which police address problems identified through community engagement programs directly with small, dedicated budgets and/or indirectly with the assistance of other public and private agencies.

Awards will range from $150,000 to $250,000. Please see the link to the full request for proposals along with links to the submission form and budget template below.

Please submit all materials in a PDF format to grants@e-gap.org. The deadline for submission is January 4, 2017, 5:00pm Pacific Standard Time.

This call for expressions of interest is now closed. Thanks to all who applied. As mentioned below, this call sought to identify clusters of research projects with comparable interventions and outcome measures that would form the basis of the main Community Policing Metaketa request for proposals. Please see below for a summary of the EOIs we received and stay tuned for the full request for proposals that will be launched in the next few weeks!

The Evidence in Governance and Politics network (EGAP) is requesting expressions of interest (EOIs) for leading edge experimental research projects on how to build trusted and effective public security providers in developing countries. This grant round is specifically designed to foster knowledge accumulation across studies and is supported by funding from the UK Department for International Development. Successful applicants will engage in closely related projects and adhere to a common set of research standards. For this round, EGAP will support 5-7 research projects that address a common theme. This request for short EOIs seeks to identify clusters of research projects with comparable interventions and outcome measures, which will form the basis of the main call.

Please submit your EOI in a PDF format to grants@e-gap.org. The deadline for submission is October 27, 2016, 11:59pm Pacific Standard Time.